This activity is meant to be carried out together with the activity Bank Robbery I and
the activity in the Crime presentation, 1 or 2 55 minutes working sessions.
A bank robbery was _______________ yesterday in Luarca. This serious crime _______ ______ at the Sabadell
Bank, which is across the river from the town hall. The bank was robbed at 2 o’clock in the afternoon by
____________ men. They were seen ___________ ______________ the bank by three __________________. A
getaway _____________ was also seen by the witnesses.
These witnesses were __________________ by the police and said that the five suspects were all wearing dark
clothing and black trainers. They were carrying big _______________, which were used to break the glass doors of
the bank. More damage was __________________ inside the bank when the bank employees were
___________________ at gunpoint to open the ______________ and give the bank robbers all of the money. In total,
$50,000 was ___________. But thankfully, no one was ___________________. However, one bank employee was
______________. He was ___________________ unconscious on the floor when police arrived at the bank. Another
employee had a panic attack and was having difficulty _________________ when she was found by police.
Fingerprints, DNA, blood from the unconscious man, and one of the robber’s guns were found at the
_________________ of the ________________.
Four of the five criminals were caught by the police as they tried to __________ ___________. They were identified
by the witnesses, _____________________ and sent to _____________. The fifth bank robber was found with the
getaway car in _________________. He was chased by the Portuguese police and ___________________ the car
into a supermarket. He will be sent back to Spain for ______________________.
How to write a news article about a crime
Paragraph 1:
Event
Location
Time
Who was involved
Paragraph 2:
Details
Paragraph 3: How the crime was solved
OR What is happening now
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